{"id":6196,"date":"2019-03-14T09:26:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T13:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/admissions\/?p=6196"},"modified":"2019-03-14T09:26:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T13:26:30","slug":"darden-ranks-no-3-for-graduate-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/admissions\/2019\/03\/14\/darden-ranks-no-3-for-graduate-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Darden Ranks No. 3 For Graduate Compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>U.S. News<\/em> recently named the Darden School the No. 12 MBA program in the United States, up one spot from the previous year\u2019s ranking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the <em>U.S. News<\/em> ranking measure?<\/strong> The\u00a0<em>U.S. News\u00a0<\/em>ranking assesses schools on admissions selectivity factors for incoming students and on career outcomes of the most recently graduated class. The ranking also takes into consideration the opinions of deans of other business schools and recruiters\u2019 evaluations of the School\u2019s program and graduates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Career Impact.<\/strong> One of the highlights of this year&#8217;s ranking was Darden&#8217;s performance across salary and career outcome metrics. The mean starting salary and bonus for the School\u2019s Class of 2018 ($160,711) ranked No. 3 for highest compensation among all U.S. business school graduating classes, up one spot from the previous year and trailing only the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Wharton School. The Class of 2018 also ranked No. 6 for highest percentage of graduates employed by graduation.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"has-dropcap\">F<\/span>or additional career-related insights, be sure to check <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/admissions\/2018\/12\/20\/the-darden-employment-report-has-arrived\/\">our blog coverage of the Full-Time MBA Employment Report<\/a> for our Classes of 2018 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rankings Rise Continues.<\/strong> The <em>U.S. News<\/em> rankings build upon Darden&#8217;s positive momentum from the <em>Financial Times<\/em>, <em>Bloomberg Businessweek, The <\/em><em>Economist<\/em> and The Princeton Review rankings:<\/p>\n<p>Darden\u2019s full-time MBA rose in every ranking of programs in which the School participates, and moved firmly into the Top 10 in key rankings, including to No. 8 in the U.S. in\u00a0<em>The Economist <\/em>and No. 9 in the U.S. in\u00a0<em>Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Additional highlights of recent rankings include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 \u2014 Best Education Experience for eight consecutive years (<em>The Economist<\/em>, 2011\u201318)<\/li>\n<li>1 \u2014 MBA program for General Management (<em>Financial Times<\/em>, 2013\u201317, 2019)<\/li>\n<li>1 \u2014 MBA program for Corporate Social Responsibility (<em>Financial Times<\/em>, 2019)<\/li>\n<li>1 \u2014 Student Rating of Faculty (<em>The Economist<\/em>, 2018)<\/li>\n<li>1 \u2014 Overseas Study Trips Score (<em>The Economist<\/em>, 2017\u201318)<\/li>\n<li>1 \u2014 Best Professors (The Princeton Review, 2017\u201318)<\/li>\n<li>1 \u2014 Best MBA for Consulting (The Princeton Review, 2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want even more rankings news? Check out the full coverage on the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.darden.virginia.edu\/2019\/03\/12\/us-news-2020-rankings\/\">Darden Report Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. News recently named the Darden School the No. 12 MBA program in the United States, up one spot from the previous year\u2019s ranking. What does the U.S. News ranking measure? The\u00a0U.S. News\u00a0ranking assesses schools on admissions selectivity factors for incoming students and on career outcomes of the most recently graduated class. 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